Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT 1g OEEIOE. f`

GEORGE w. ToLHuRsT, 0E LIVERPOOL, OHIO.` f i 'WASHING-MACHINE.

` Specification of Letters `PatentNo. 26,384, dated December, 11859,"

To `all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TOLHURST of Liverpool, in the county ofMedina an State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMachines for YVashing Clothes; and I do hereby declare thatthe followingis a full and` exact y description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to theletters ofreference marked thereon. i

The nature of my invention consists in forming a follower of a washingmachine of round rings (or hoops) and connecting each alternate ring tobe worked `with `one handle, and connecting each of the remainl ingrings by themselves to be worked with another handle, for the purpose ofrubbing the clothes .in opposite directions at one time, which compoundmotion prevents the clothes from being rolled up` in wads which is verydetrimental to the cleaning of the articles Operated on.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de scribe its construction and operation.

I construct my washing machines 1n the form of a common tube as shown atA,

two alternate rings being attached together by the crosspiece marked D,Fig. l; said Fig.

1, re resents one half of the follower to more clear y show itsconstruction. Fig. 2, shows hole through whichholeI passthe standard, l

, washing machine I wishit understoodth t the rubber completepthe. 2ringsthatjweie@ lacking in Fig. l, beingwhere represented the rings C',C', are .y attached, together@ by; means of the short crosspiecesE, andEff; the ends of each of theselcrosspieces arese cured short postsmarked F, and` Fb', lF-"1,` as seen in Fig. 3;* to the upperend1offsaidw posts I secure twohandles` marked I-I, "H, Figs. l, 2, and 3;in orfnear the centerofthe said handles and kcrosspieces I borea B, asshown in Fig. 3, and the machine is i ready for use, one handle being`takeniin` each hand and move themto and from each` other, whichpreventsfthe; clothes frombeing., rolled up in heaps,*asistotherwiseythe cas with this kindoffwashingmachine." ,y

Having thus" described i my improvedI I do not claim aroundfollower;,workinglbon` an upright standard as `I` am"awareztheyi`have been long usediBut .i i

What I claim as new andjdesire to secur by Letters Patent is-- d gfConstructing thefround follower of wash.- ing machines of two sets ofringsfor hoops) u and furnishing `each set fof rings; withal i handle sothat thesurface thatcomesinj contact with the clothes lean move inFoppe-.1 site directions at onetime andthis Iclaimi when the same isarrangedfor lopera-tionfindil the manner and `for `the`.`pu`r1:oseasherein described and set "forthfor the purpose specified. i l

